On This Day

Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland

German sociologist and philosopher

Italian-American economist

French politician

Regent of Hungary from 1920 to 1944

French physician

English merchant and astronomer

French actress

British singer

American rapper

American chemist, inventor of Kevlar

Portuguese novelist

Swiss chemist

French lawyer and statesman

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole